KCTU chooses new leader19 September, 1999Dan Byung-ho, former president of the IMF-affiliated Korean Metal Workers' Federation, has been elected president of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions.
Exchange pact agreed26 September, 1999Chinese labour group goes to South Korea for talks with fellow trade unionists.
Recognition still unresolved5 October, 1999GWU's members who went on strike at Malta's airport in August are asked to return to work.
IG Metall congress<br>in full swing7 October, 1999Delegates are addressed by the leaders of their union and by the leaders of the German state.
We have the power -- <br>but are not using it10 October, 1999Has power made left-wing parties conservative? Read IMF General Secretary Marcello Malentacchi's column under IMF Opinion on this website.
Health and safety gains<br>at Daimler/Chrysler10 October, 1999Workers win improvements in ergonomics, reduced exposure to metalworking fluids and renewed funds for health and safety training and research.
Web portals to the unions12 October, 1999The U.S labour movement organises Internet access to its union members.
Macedonian union organises<br>protest actions12 October, 1999Expected plant closures may result in thousands of metalworkers losing their livelihood.
KCTU gets formal nod<br>from government22 November, 1999The International Metalworkers' Federation welcomes the news that the KCTU has, at long last, received legal union status.
